Tranquileyes
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Absolutely, @MollyHarps. I was wondering about his route back to Serbia. Obviously, the longer you keep a body in your car, the higher the risk. And even if travel across borders in and out of Spain by car is really lax in my experience, that's still a big risk. It's horrible to say but I would assume that he minimised his risk and that suitcase ended up somewhere in Spain. We know LE here was on top of which vehicle he was in (despite his best efforts) so hopefully they tracked it along the national routes to give them a good idea of a search area. Spain is a pretty big country in European terms, although its only some 40 million. There's a lot of open space, a lot national parks, remote terrain. Hopefully, given how stupid it seems he's been in other facets, he won't have done anything remarkable with that suitcase.
I'm also wondering where the suitcase came from. There was no mention of him being spotted carrying it into the apartment. So, did he use one of her own suitcases? He just banked on that being available for him?
Likewise, I believe she is in Spain. Too much of a risk to drive for so long with not only a body but stolen plates as well.
He left Ana's apartment about 10:30 IIRC, and he had a 26-27 hour drive, arriving back in Serbia on Feb 5. It took him about 2-3 days (depending on exact time) to travel from Serbia to Spain based on his departure date of Jan 30 and arrival date of Feb 2. He probably used the cover of night on Feb 2, early morning Feb 3 to dispose of her body.
He had about 4.5 hours to drive from her apartment to the border area of France and Spain (without stops). There is water and large expanses of vegetation in that area.
One thing that would impact where he might have concealed her remains is where her phone pinged when the message about going away was sent.
However, his rental car was recorded going through two toll booths on feb 2/feb 3, suggesting he was taking a direct route out of Spain and disposed of her body along the way.
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